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September, 2010

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Stories from September, 2010

19 September 2010

Australia: Muslim Dress Code Backlash

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Written by Kevin Rennie · Oceania

Residents of a Melbourne suburb in Australia were asked by the mayor to cover-up in a pool event to avoid offending Muslims. This order has sparked an online debate

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Bangladesh: Digitizing Land Records to Combat Corruption

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia
Technology for Transparency Network

There is a lot of hope riding on the effective use of ICT in the Land Management System of Bangladesh to usher in modernization, user-friendliness, transparency and accountability in this very important sector. Aparna Ray explains.

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Peru: Mayoral Candidates, Twitter and an Intercepted Phone Call

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Written by Juan Arellano · Translated by Silvia Viñas · Latin America

"Lourdes" became a Twitter Trending Topic for a couple of hours. The story behind what looks like a trivial Trending Topic is the release of a conversation where Lourdes Flores, a candidate for mayor of Lima, uses unreserved remarks about the mayorship. Bloggers and Twitter users reacted to the audio and the politics behind it.

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Argentina: Boca Juniors, Passion for Football

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Written by Tarek Amr · Latin America

One of many football (soccer) fans' dreams is to attend one of the Argentinian Boca Juniors' matches in their famous stadium, “La Bombonera“. Find out why football fans from all over the world share this dream.

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18 September 2010

Philippines: President answers Facebook note

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Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

A facebook user wrote an open letter to the Philippine President expressing his disappointment with the two-month old government. The letter became popular in the web; even the president wrote a response through his facebook account.

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Lebanon: Civil War Missing Revisited

Written by Antoun Issa · Middle East & North Africa

Twenty years have passed since Lebanon's warring factions called it quits. Not soon after, all grievances and memories of the bloody Lebanese Civil War were swept under the carpet. But for some with missing relatives and loved ones, the wounds are still bleeding, according to bloggers.

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